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AME · NYSE

Ametek Inc

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

$251.78

+1.47%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Quality

67

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 67 of 100, an above-average reading in the covered universe. Some underlying measurements are stronger than others.

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Fundamental Momentum

Accelerating

65

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 65 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as accelerating. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

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Capital Returns

Favorable

65

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 65 of 100, recorded as favorable. Stored records show 13 consecutive years of dividend payments. Share count has been reduced at about 0.3% a year in the stored window.

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Valuation context

Price / earnings
36.1

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What this company does

AMETEK, Inc. ("AMETEK" or the "Company") is incorporated in Delaware. Its predecessor was originally incorporated in Delaware in 1930 under the name American Machine and Metals, Inc. AMETEK is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. AMETEK maintains its principal executive offices at 1100 Cassatt Road, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, 19312. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: AME), the common stock of AMETEK is a component of the Standard and Poor’s 500 and the Russell 1000 Indices.

AMETEK’s products are marketed and sold worldwide through two operating groups: Electronic Instruments ("EIG") and Electromechanical ("EMG"). Electronic Instruments is a leader in the design and manufacture of advanced instruments for the process, power and industrial, and aerospace markets. Electromechanical is a differentiated supplier of precision motion control solutions, highly engineered medical components and devices, thermal management systems, specialty metals and electrical interconnects. Its end markets include aerospace and defense, medical, automation and other industrial markets.

Management believes AMETEK has significant competitive advantages that help strengthen and sustain its market positions. Those advantages include:

Strong Market Share . AMETEK maintains strong market share in a number of targeted niche markets through its ability to produce and deliver high-quality, differentiated products at competitive prices. EIG has strong market positions in niche segments of the process, power and industrial, and aerospace markets. EMG holds strong positions in niche segments of the aerospace and defense, automation and medical markets.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 17, 2026. Read the filing

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